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I 45000 . * .15 _
D is pl a y Inpu t
O f thi s amo u n t you pl an to u s e 1 5 % f or t he fi na l n i gh t' s awa rd s p r esen t a tio n . When
performin g s er ial c al c ulations, it i s not nec e ss ary t o re ty pe y ou r p rev iou s re s ul ts, bu t
D O NOT c l ea r be t w ee n e n tri es ( d o not us e the §I at th i s ti me ). Wha t is t he a war d s
budg et ?
45000 .
D i sp l a y
Input
Part of your responsi b il ity i n p l a nn i ng th i s co n fer e n ce i s to d r aw up a de tail ed budget for
approval. Y ou know t hat y our tota l bu dg et i s $ 1 50 . 00 fo r eac h at ten dant. Figu r e your
total budge t:
If, upon re ca lli ng y o u r e n try a fter a n ER RO R 1 , y ou fi nd t h a t y o u hav e omitted a
character , use th e I NSert se que n ce t o c or re c t i t.
When using t he co mp ut e r as a cal c u l ato r , t h e m a jo r ity of t he e rror s yo u encounter will
be ERROR 1 (a n error in sy n t a x ) . F o r a c o m pl et e li stin g o f error messages. see
Appendix A.
Serial Calculations
The computer a ll ows y o u t o use t he r es u l t s o f o ne c a l cula t ion a s part of the · following
calculation.
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D i sp l ay
W he n y o u u se th e ~ o r ~ J key , the fla s hi ng cu rs or ind i cat e s th e po i nt at w hic h t he
c om pu t e r g ot confused . And no w o n de r , y ou ha v e to o m a n y ope r a to r s ! T o corr e ct t hi s
e rr o r u se the DEL ete k ey .
~ I 3 _ 0 _ 0 _1 _ 1 - 5 - - ---- · - · -- -
D i s pla y
Naturally you ar e su r prised when t h is m essage ap pears ! E RR O R 1 i s s imply the
computer ' s wa y o f sayi ng , " I don ' t know wha t y o u want me t o d o here " . To find out
what th e pr o b lem i s, recall your e n t r y us ing e it he r th e ~ o r ~ j arrow .
Using as a Calculator